How to be Chic - Make Chic choices

Being Chic is all about making choices. Our life in this present moment is the result of the thousands of choices that we made in the past.

When ever you are faced with making a decision, think about which option is the Chicest and go with that one.

For example:

• Do you choose a Fast Food Burger and fries for lunch or a healthy homemade sandwich?
• Do you spend your evenings slumped in front of the TV, or pursue an interesting hobby?
• Do you date the man who treats you like a lady or the man who treats you badly?

Be Chic, make chic choices and enjoy the advantages that being chic brings. 

Being Chic - Advantages of being and looking chic

There are definate advantages in choosing to be Chic and living a Chic life and if you choose to pursue a more chic lifestyle, you will see improvements in all areas of your life.

For example:

Personal style and grooming. This will improve as you learn how to groom yourself and dress in an more chic and stylish way.

Your health will improve as you start to make chicer, more healthy choices about what you eat. You will enjoy your food more, and if needed may even loose weight.

Your posture will improve as you learn why good posture is important to being chic and how to achieve it.

Your manners will improve once realise how much easier and pleasanter life becomes for yourself and others and how your relationships and career will improve.

Your Finances will improve as you start to make chicer choices and become more discerning about your spending and investing.

Your relationships will improve. You will start to notice that you will have easier relationships with others and most people will treat you respectfully. You will be able to maintain boundaries within your relationships and be being able to say "No" gracefully.

Your career prospects will improve. As you adopt a more chic way of dressing at work, you will stand out from the crowd. You will project an image of quality and will be treated with more respect.

Your home will improve. It will become less cluttered, more organised, more chic and an enjoyable place to be.

Your Time Managment and Organisation will improve.

Your attitude,  inner confidence and state of mind will also improve as you learn to think in a more Chic way.

Your intelligence will improve when you start to feed your mind with Chic information.

You will develope an increased zest for and interest in life.

So if you would like to know How to Be Chic, how to make Chic Choices and how to enjoy the benefits that being Chic brings, carry on reading my blog for tips on How to be Chic.

How to be Chic - Start by making a commitment to being Chic

Being chic is an ongoing journey of personal commitment and development that occurs both inside and out.

Start by trying to understand why you want to be chic.
Do you want to just wear stylish clothes? If so you will probably enjoy my article How to dress like Chic Parisian women.

Or are you wanting to take control of your life, make Chic choices and therefore change it for the better?

There are many advantages to being chic and it is an ongoing journey and process. It’s about deciding that you want to be Chic, getting the knowledge you need to succeed and then taking action on that knowledge.

If you want to make ongoing improvements to your life, start by making a commitment to being Chic and strive everyday to be chic and make chic choices.

Continue reading  my blog "How to be Chic" for great ideas on how to improve your life by being chic.

How to be Chic - A definition of Chic

In order to start becoming more Chic, it is important to understand exactly what Chic is.

How do you define chic? Where on earth do you start to define that elusive something that some women have and others do not?

An easy place to start is with a dictionary definition of Chic:

Chic: A person who is classy and sophisticated in both dress and manner.

The word Chic was first used in France in 1856 and probably derives from the German word Schick, which means skill, fitness, elegance and finess.

Her Dress:

• A chic woman is always elegant and attractive in her appearance.
• She looks smart, clean and well groomed
• Her clothes are usually simple, modest, well fitting and stylish.

Her manner:

• Has good manners, is always classy without being a pushover or being flashy.
• Intelligent, with a fun sense of humour and a genuine enjoyment of life.
• Has an aura of quiet confidence and self-belief.

I think that is a good definition of Chic. If you have any ideas I would love to hear from you. Please leave your ideas in the comments section below. Thank You.

How to be Chic - Chic Homes

A persons home is a reflection of their inner self, their beliefs, decisions, habits and routines. A Chic woman usually has a chic home as she has made a lifestyle choice to make her home chic.  If you want to be chic, your home, like your clothes,  is an outer expression of your inner self and choices.

A Chic home is:

• A Clean and Tidy Home - The best way to keep your home clean and tidy is to have a tidy round every night before you go to bed or first thing in the morning. This keeps you on top of the clutter. Then do the housework such as dusting, hoovering and mopping floors once a week. If you really struggle to keep your home clean and tidy, you may like to visit the website "FlyLady". Every day she gives readers a small list of tasks to do each day and before you know it your home is looking much better.
• Keep your home free of clutter - If you struggle with clutter, go through your home and learn from the Shakers who said "Keep only that which is useful or beautiful".
• "A place for everything and everything in it's place". A chic home is a well organised home. There is adequate storage facilities for everything that you own and once you have finished with something, you put it back in it's place.
• Use your best and chicest things every day - Using your best things everyday means saying no to everything else that you own that is unchic and mediocre. When you get rid of these items, your home will feel less cluttered and more special.
• Chic Home Accessories - A chic home contains chic accessories such as a vase of fresh flowers or scented candles. Neither of these need be expensive and easily add a chic and femenine touch to your home.
• Keep one room chic at all time. My home sometimes descends into chaotic unchicness, but I usually keep one room chic at all times - my Living Room. I keep it clean and tidy at all times, cheered up with a vase of fresh flowers and I enjoy spending chic time there reading a good book with a cup of tea. By keeping it this way, I am able to enjoy it whwnever I want, and if a friend drops by, I am not embarrased to let them into my home.
• A home where you and your visitors are able to relax. It isn't a chic home if your guests are unable to relax because it is too formal or are afraid to move incase they break something. However, it is also important that your visitors respect your home.

How to Be Chic Blog Home Page and Welcome

Dear Reader,

Welcome to my blog "How to be Chic".

If you are looking for tips and advice on how to be chic, and how to dress in a chic and stylish way, I hope you will find it useful.

Whilst this blog does include interesting articles on how to dress in a chic and stylish way, I have also written about other aspects of a chic womans life, for example, Chic Health, Chic Finance, Chic Relationships, Chic Homes, Chic Attitude, Chic Manners and many more...........

Being Chic is an approach to life that, if followed, will yield many benefits.

Since living a chicer lifestyle, my life has improved greatly and I am sure yours will too.

Below is a full list of all my articles on How to be Chic.

I have also included articles from my other blog  "Chic and Minimalist Wardrobe", which is read each month by thousands of women around the world who want to declutter their wardrobes and create a small wardrobe of stylish clothes that perfectly meet their needs.

I am also a writer with Hubpages and have included some of my most popular Chic related articles.

With kind regards,
Simply Me

       * How to be Chic - List of Articles, Videos, Tips and Ideas * 

• A definition of "Chic" - What Chic is and what Chic isn't.
• The first step to being Chic - making a commitment to being Chic
• The advantages of being Chic
• How to be Chic - Make Chic choices

Chic Style - Grooming, Make-up and Clothes

• How to dress like Chic Parisian Women and create a small wardrobe of stylish clothes.
• Chic Wardrobe essentials
• How to be Chic - Chic Posture
• How to be Chic - Chic Hairstyles
• How to be Chic in Winter
• Chic ways to update your wardrobe for winter
• How to be Chic - Wear the colours that suit you.  Buy Colour Analysis books here
• How to be Chic at Parties - How to build a small capsule wardrobe of party clothes
• Chic and Easy ways to update your wardrobe each season.  
• Chic ways to update your wardrobe for Spring/Summer 2012
• Recession Chic - what to wear to the downsized Christmas Party

Chic Accessories  

• Chic ways to tie a square silk scarf
• Chic ways to tie a long rectangular scarf
• Chic ways to tie and wear a pashmina
• Chic ways to make a ring that is too big fit.
• The Chic and Minimalist Shoe Wardrobe - the only shoes you need to own

Chic Health

• How to be Chic - Chic Health
• Quorn / Mycoprotein - may make you sick 
   

Chic Attitudes

• How to be Chic - Gratitude

Chic Relationships

• How to be Chic - Learn to say "No" gracefully.

Chic Homes

• How to be Chic - Chic Homes

Chic Music

• Relaxing Spa Music - Listen to samples here
• Relaxing Classical Music - Listen to samples here
• Relaxing Zen Music - Listen to samples here
• Amr Diab - The most famous singer in the Arabic world

Chic Finance - All about Money, Savings and Investing

• Passive Income - What is Passive Income? Why you should want it. Easy ways to obtain it.
• Chic ways to make money online - 10 Easy Ways you can start today

Chic Shopping

• Harrods Department Store, London.  All about Harrods and a virtual tour.

How to be Chic for Men

• How to create a chic and minimalist man's wardrobe
• Cravat ties - a history and how to tie them

* * * ARTICLES COMING SOON * * *

• Chic Icons and Famous Chic Women
• Chic Clothing
• Chic Accessories
• Chic Jewellry
• How to be Chic on a budget
• How to be Chic in Summer 
• Chic Attitudes
• Chic Intelligence
• Chic Relationships
• Chic Finance
• Chic Time Management and Being Organised
• How to be Chic Books
• Chic Make-up